Trainer, presenter, facilitator: if you are new to leading a group, these roles can seem the same. They are not, and the difference shapes how you connect with your audience.

What this course covers:

• How the trainer, presenter and facilitator roles differ
• What is expected of you in each role
• Choosing the right approach to connect with your audience
• Preparing to share information with a group

Finish clear on the role you are stepping into.

We have all sat through a training session that lost us in the first five minutes. This course helps you avoid that fate as you step into the trainer's role.

What this course covers:

• What it means to become the subject matter expert (SME)
• Building credibility on your topic
• Steps to prevent common training-session disasters
• Setting the foundation for engaging delivery

You will leave ready to train co-workers or public audiences with confidence.

Great presentations are engaging and interactive. They leave an impression on the audience and help reinforce learning points, so your group leaves with what they need to know. In this program, we'll talk about how to create engaging materials to share with your group to get them excited about the information you are sharing. We'll discuss creating an outline and how the body of the presentation should flow. We'll go over designing slides and creating handouts. We'll also go over how to create and use pre- and post-work for your audience.

You've got the content for your presentation prepped and ready, but before you can share it with a live audience, you need to work through some logistics. You want to think about the room layout. You have to consider people's learning styles and how to meet their needs. You should understand different audience types and how to handle their personalities. You need to come up with various ways to keep your audience engaged throughout your presentation. It's a lot to think about and we'll cover all of this and more in our Managing the Audience program.

Engagement is a critical part of comprehension during a presentation. If you're dosing off, you're not retaining anything. In this course, we'll talk about ways that you can connect with your audience, and we'll go over some ways to get them to connect to each other. We'll discuss ice breakers, breakout sessions, telling stories, and debriefing. Having these tricks in your toolbox will make you a much more effective and impactful speaker.